The Baojun 730 is the 6th most popular light vehicle in China this month. * See the Top 325 All-local models and Top 10 manufacturers by clicking on the title! * Sales of new passenger cars in China confirm their cooling off, up 'just' 6.6% year-on-year in October to 1.708.900…
Lancia Ypsilon * NOW UPDATED with Top 50 models actuals and Top 46 brands! * The Italian new car market is up an encouraging 10% year-on-year in October to a still shy 123,171 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,167,683 units, up 4% on 2013. The Fiat Panda is once again the most…
Lancia Ypsilon * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 models actuals and Top 45 brands! See title * Still a shy recovery for the Italian new car market for now at +3% year-on-year in September to 111.394 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 1.043.894 units, up 4% on 2013. Fiat…
Up to a record 13th place in August: the Opel Mokka. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 models and Top 44 brands - see title * The good news is the Italian new car market is stable year-on-year in August at 53,697 registrations. The bad news is August…
The Fiat Ducato is the best-selling LCV in Italy (2014 model shown). * See the Top 10 best-selling LCVs, rentals, private and company cars by clicking on the title! * Better late than never! Thanks to Flavio and UNRAE I can share with you more detail about the Italian market…
The Dacia Duster is among the 10 most popular vehicles in Italy for the 2nd time ever. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 45 brands by clicking on the title! * Now updated with actuals for the Top 50 models Up 5% year-on-year to 114,691 registrations, July…
The Opel Astra is back up two spots to #11 year-to-date in Europe. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 350 best-selling models and Top 60 brands! * As is the tradition on BSCB we now spend some time studying the year-to-date rankings for Europe in order to extract longer-term trends.…
Fiat Nuova 500 with the original model. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 44 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Italy are up an encouraging 4% year-on-year in June to a still very weak 128,270 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 761,842…
Fiat Abarth 500 (US model shown) * NOW UPDATED with the Top 350 models and Top 60 brands! Click on title to see * Now that we have explored in detail the European models ranking for April we look into the evolution of the year-to-date sales charts to extract longer-term…
Fiat 500L * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 44 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Italy are back into negative in May at -4% to 132,555 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 633,065 units, still up 3% on 2013. Below the Fiat…
The Fiat 500L is up to #2 in 2014 at home in Italy. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models & Top 45 All-brands! * The Italian new car market is up a very shy 2% year-on-year in April to 119,803 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
The Wuling Hongguang launched this month in India as the Chevrolet Enjoy. * This is Part 4 of 5 in my series on Chinese carmakers abroad. See also Part 1 (Africa), Part 2 (Latin America), Part 3 (Eastern Europe) and Part 5 (Mature markets) * In the first 3 parts of this series we observed that…
The Fiat 500L is up to an all-time high #2. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 44 All-brands! * After 44 consecutive months of year-on-year decline, the Italian car market seems to now have got its mojo back: March marks the third time…
Renault Captur * See the Top 175 best-selling models and Top 42 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Dutch new car market takes a harsh hit this month: down 17% year-on-year to 29,530 registrations, which means the year-to-date total is now down 7% on 2013 to 107,265 units.…
Fiat Panda in Napoli, Italy * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * Last time I visited Italy was in August 2013 in Vintimiglia, and there the Fiat 500 was so omnipresent in the streets that I called the Photo Report "a Fiat 500-mania". This weekend…